Folding camp chaie



July 19, 1932. E 1,867,819

FOLDING CAMP CHAIR 1 Filed Jan. 15, 1929 IN VEN T OR awn/219W I a; ATTORN Patented July 19, 1932 UNITED STATES ELMER E. FREY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FOLDING CAMP CHAIR Application filed January 15, 1929.

This invention relates to and has for a main object the provision of an improved type of folding camp chair, composed of a minimum number of parts permanently hinged together and of minimum weight, and so arranged that the several members of the assembled chair may be compactly folded and nested one within the other so as to provide a thin package, whereby a maximum number of chairs may be packed for shipping in a given space.

Another object is to provide a folding camp chair of light weight arranged to support a fabric seat and having an improved type of back rest so constructed that the thickness of a chair when folded will not be greater than the width of the frame members of the chair.

Other objectsmay appear as the description progresses.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown a preferred form of device, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an assembled chair embodying my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of a chair folded.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section of the same on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section of the same on line 44 of Fig. 2.

The chair includes two U-shaped supporting members A and B, which have legs a and a and b and b respectively. The legs a and b are hingedly connected by means of a rivet C, and the legs a and b are similarly connected by means of a. rivet C, the rivets C and C being correspondingly positioned on said legs. The legs a and a of the member A are cross connected at the bottom by means of a horizontal portion A, and the legs I) and b of the member B are similarly cross connected by means of a member B.

It will be observed that inwardly of the junctions of the legs a and a with the portion A the member A is offset at al and a2 respectively so as to provide portions a3 and (A which are adapted to rest on the floor or ground. The member B is also bent at 51 and 52 so as to provide portions 63 and M for the same purpose.

Thus, as shown in Fig. 2, when the mem- Serial No. 332,698.

bers A and B are folded together in a common plane, the portions A and B will nest snugly together. i

The upper end of the leg a of member A is transversely bent at D and extends to and is connected with the opposite leg a by means of a rivet d which extends through a downwardly bent portion d of the member D, and also through the leg at. In a similar manner the leg 6 of the member B is transversely bent to provide a portion E which is connected with the opposite leg 6 by means of a rivet 6 extending through the leg 6 and a downwa'rdly bent portion 6.

A fabric seat F is provided for the chair which has hems 7 and formed at the front and rear edges thereof through which the bars E and D respectively are extended and in which they are permanently held for operatively supporting the seat. Thus, when the members A and B are folded the seat F will fold downwardly between the members D and E, as shown in Fig. 2.

The inner member B of the frame may be provided with a suitable brace G which is diagonally disposed and attached at its ends 9 and g to the legs 7) and b respectively by means of rivets Gr, G. The rivet cl and a correspondingly positioned rivetdl in the legs a and a respectively, serve to hingedly connect said legs with back members H and H, as shown in Fig. 1. Said members are extended below said rivets and are bent inwardly at h and it so as to engage the lower edges of the legs a and a of member A.

The members H and H are cross connected at their upper ends by means of a thin sheet metal bar I of substantial width, which is ribbed as at I so as to reinforce it. Said member is bent at its ends so as to provide U-shaped recesses 11 and z" and the outer portions thereof are secured to the outer sides of the members H and H by means of rivets J, J etc. The member I is preferably bent into a curve to conform to the curvature of the back of a person so as to provide comfort for the user of the chair. The recesses i and d in the member I are of sufficient width to accommodate, when the, chair is folded, not only the members H and H, but 1 also the legs a and Z and the legs a and b of the members A and B respectively.

When the chair is positioned for use the fabric seat F is stretched tight in a horizontal plane between the bars D and E and the leg members A and A are diagonally disposed crosswise of each other, as shown in Fig. 1, and serve to hold the seat stretched when a weight is placed thereon. The back of the chair is inclined slightly rearwardly from a vertical plane, and is so held by the engagement of the inwardly bent portions h and h with the legs of member A. Thus, a person may lean comfortably against the back without breaking or bending the frame of the chair.

When the chair is folded, as shown in Fig. 2, the member 13 folds snugly within the member A and the back, including members H, H, and I, folds over and outwardly of the member A. The members H and H, however, occupy the same horizontal plane as the members A and B. The curve in the back rest I when the chair is folded causes said member to clear the brace G within the a member B.

From the foregoing description of my improved camp chair it will be observed that I have provided a simple, compact, economical folding camp chair of light weight, which possesses substantial strength and durability, and affords a maximum of comfort to the user.

What I claim is:

A folding chair comprising a pair of rectangularly bent supporting members having oppositely inclinable legs at the sides thereof and transverse portions connecting the sides at their upper and lower extremities, one of said supporting members being shorter than and foldable entirely within the other member and pivotally secured to the other member at points intermediate the extremities of the legs so that when folded the corresponding legs and transverse portions of the supporting members will be parallel and in the same plane, a diagonal brace connected to the legs of the inner supporting memher a fabric seat attached to the upper transverse portions of said supporting members, and a back composed of a pair of bars pivotally secured to and near the upper extremities of the legs of the outermost supporting member and transversely connected at a point remote from said supporting member, said back including a transverse connecting member near the upper ends of said bars having recesses formed therein inwardly of said bars for receiving the legs of said supporting members whereby when the supporting members are folded one within the other said bars may be folded into the plane of said supporting members, as described and said connecting member being curved rearceived within said recesses.

ELMER E. FREY. 

